Turning my head to look into her face I saw that a few strands of her hair were soaked with sweat and sticking to the side of her face, her eyes were half closed but that smile was enough to melt my heart if it wasn’t already a molten puddle. Michelle ran her hands down her abdomen to her thighs then over onto my own abdomen. I had the distinct impression that not only was she making it clear that she had her eye on me to behave and not, heaven forbid, hurt Michelle in any way, but that she was checking me out too. Maggie said that she would yield the floor to Michelle if she wanted to join Penny this time around. Didn’t either of you learn to clean up after yourselves? I whispered into her ear. Everyone was standing or sitting around the kitchen drinking coffee or tea. Jules just watched all of us not saying anything either. As it turned out there were very few places that had to be touched up, Jules
